I mentioned this several days ago, that the SEC has chosen to include
Notre Dame as a power conference team but chose NOT to recognize byu as such.

As pointed out in the "other" newspaper several days ago by a
byu fan/writer it was unlikely as then it opens up a Pandora's box of who
to give excpetions for. Boise has been a much better program than byu - should
the SEC give an exception for Boise?

Fresno is a better team than byu
- should fresno get an exception?

Also, regarding all this extra
power being given to the power conferences, again the byu fan/writer from the
other newspaper says this "it can't be good for byu"

Pretty soon byu will have to go limping back to the MWC and join the ranks of
division II while the power conferences essentially become the new division I

I was leaving the first comment for you and I'm glad
you did as you are always dependable for a good laugh. Fresno St., better than
BYU? Comedic gold there! Maybe the last year or so but only utah gets inclusion
(for fans of other PAC 10 schools such as myself regrettably so) for two good
years of play. Plus, these other schools have conferences. No need for
exceptions. Besides the fact that outside of BYU, no other school outside the
Big 5 conferences has had as consistant success in the last ten years except for
Boise St. Personally as a USC fan, a BYU neutral, and a utah hater (hater
being too strong of a word. I just don't like utah fans thinking they
actually belong in the PAC 10. Start winning some games and I'll take you
seriously) I hope the SEC grants exception to BYU. All other conferences will
follow suit as the SEC is King, and utah fans can eat crow. Note: it
would be even funnier if the SEC added BYU. Would never happen but would further
solidify utah as the little sister on the hill.

BYU didn't get invited to the PAC 10 or BIG 12 because
of their integrity to not slack on their established morals. The Sunday play and
ESPN contract issues kept the invitations at bay. The interest was already
there. That's why the PAC 10 went with the little sister up north.

That's actually irrelevant to the issue as
the SEC doesn't care. If there is an SEC team that wants an excpetion in
order to play boise(instead of a power conference school) the SEC would still
have to decide whether to allow that. The fact that Boise has a conference does
not change the issue of whether the SEC will allow the SEC school to play Boise
and "count" as a power conference school

the SEC doesn't
care that byu isn't in a conference and Boise is - the question still has
to be answered about an exception for each of them.

Tajemnica - @Lifelong ute is right, you missed the issue there if you think
conference teams wouldn't still seek an exception. If a Boise or Fresno
wanted to play an SEC team and an SEC team was interested in playing them, but
only if the Boise/Fresno team would count as their big game outside of the
conference, they would still need an exception. Otherwise, according to the
current rules that SEC would STILL have to schedule a power conference team in
addition to the Boise game, and that's precisely what the SEC teams
don't want to do. They already play plenty of good teams, so they
wouldn't be interested in adding a good Boise team AND then a mandated
power conference school.

Sorry, but you were way off if you think
being in a conference negates any excpetion issues.

You're right the SEC is king. And when the SEC
tells byu "no thanks" you're a mid-major and we'll treat you
like the other mid-majors the other conferences will watch and follow suit.
Just look at byu's schedule(3 power conference teams) in 2014.
That'll probably the average byu gets going forward, which shows byu
isn't nearly the draw byu thinks they are.

I'm not sure what the outcome of the meeting will be, but I bet the BYU
haters (Ute fans) will sure be sweatin it during the whole process. If the SEC
does validate BYU as one of the premier programs worthy to schedule as a Power 5
team, the rest of the college football world will be hard pressed not to follow
suit.

Honestly, why wouldn't the SEC and every other P5 give BYU the Notre Dame
exception? BYU has been flexible and willing to schedule anyone, including 2
for 1 series with elite programs. Half of the Pac-12 already have series
scheduled with BYU as well as a couple schools from the BIG. And as much as I
hate to say it, I think the Power 5 conferences should take advantage of the
fact that BYU is a quality opponent but does not match up well against good
competition, especially on the road.

Wait a minute? That
isn't what he said? Oh, gosh, that's embarrassing.

Maybe
he'll tell BYU "Only games in SEC territory count. Games in Provo
don't." Maybe we could arrange to play our home games with SEC
opponents at Rice Eccles Stadium, so they would at least be visiting a Power 5
stadium. Utah fans could then expand their wardrobe to include jerseys from
every BYU opponent.

"I cheer for Utah and whoever is playing
that team down south." Really, some of you don't cheer at all, you
just rag on BYU.

I find it funny that more utah "fans" (BYU haters) are on this article
than actual BYU fans. Further solidifying what I've said in the past, and
what Tajemnica so eloquently stated, that utah doesn't belong in a power
anything conference since they haven't done anything. Their weak schedule
in 2004 & 2008 was nothing compared to what the PAC-12 and other conferences
played that year. Since Utah joined the PAC, they have been exposed for the
fraud they are. They were only good against MWC and WAC competition and are NO
GOOD against PAC competition. Like a blind squirrel finding a random nut on
occasion, utah get's lucky when a real college overlooks them (see
Stanford). Other than that, they are a bottom dwelling team which leaves their
fans only recourse to trash talk other schools outside their conference and
celebrate conference membership rather than team success.

I love all of the "what if" games everyone "thinks" they know
about the SEC and BYU. Fact is, college sports are changing and ADs and College
Presidents only care about what will make them the most money. Fact is, Utah
was added to the Pac10 because Texas and Oklahoma said "no". Since
Larry Scott was getting ready to negotiate a big-time TV contract, he needed to
expand the footprint of the PAC 10 to maximize the contract so he added Utah and
Colorado. Utah and Colorado were added for their TV market, not what they had
done on the field. I guess being 2nd choice is still better than no choice, as
you are still in a Power5 conference, but please Utah fan (BYU Hater), stop
acting like it was your accomplishments on the field, or your "great"
tradition, or that "huge" 45,000 seat stadium that got you in the PAC
10. It was simple geography, TV sets, and money.

Nice for BYU to qualify for bowl games regardless of what
their schedule is. Hopefully Utah will reach that level in the future. BYU fans
are enjoying the seasons and love going to or watching those yearly bowl games.

Good luck Tom Holmoe. Do we need to read what his name at first two comments by
this same person above and some others? Anyway, if something don't go well
then the big 5 football going down the hill. I don't care about any Pro
Sport Leauges and possible ncaa (oh wait Big5).